It seems that
Nigeria have not
heard the last of
coach Stephen
Keshi as he is set to return to his role in charge of
the Super Eagles for next
month’s pair of qualifiers against
Congo and South Africa. On Thursday morning, the media
officer of the Super Eagles Toyin
Ibitoye tweeted that Keshi is set
to return to his job. Keshi Returns as @ NGSuperEagles Coach. — Toyin Ibitoye (@
ToyinIbitoye) October 30, 2014 findings revealed that Keshi has been asked to return to his
post as part of reconciliatory
moves in the Nigeria Football
Federation as ordered by
President Goodluck Jonathan. The President has also asked the
faction of Chris Giwa to withdraw
its case from court to ensure
that Nigeria is not banned by Fifa. The NFF is yet to release any
official statement. Keshi was relieved of his job on
October 16, a day after the
Super Eagles defeated Sudan 3-1
in Abuja, by the Amaju Pinnick-led
board of the NFF who re-called
former coach Shaibu Amodu in an interim capacity. The African champions had
struggled to win just one in four
qualifying matches and fans had
begun to call for the coach’s
sack. However, the Giwa-led faction had
always maintained Keshi was still
in charge despite the Big Boss
having spoken about intentions to
lead the Ghanaian national side, a
fact that the GFA has now ruled out. The 52-year-old will now be in
charge for the must-win pair of
qualifiers next month. Nigeria are
yet to announce their squad. The Super Eagles have four points
and are behind South Africa
(eight points), Congo (seven
points) but ahead of Sudan
(three points) in Group A